The UNOS Scientific Renal Transplant Registry

1. After 2 years of data collection and compiling, the UNOS Scientific Renal Transplant Registry was analyzed for the first time. One-year graft survival rates were 89% for first parent donor transplants (257), 76% for first cadaver (7,049), 65% for second cadaver (1,072), and 57% for multiple retransplant recipients (221). 2. The side-by-side comparison of the UNOS and UCLA registries revealed a remarkable similarity between results from the 2 databases. The concordance between the registries makes us confident in the validity of the UNOS data and also suggests that centers submitting data to the voluntary UCLA Registry are representative of the national experience. 3. Eighty-nine recipients of 6-antigen matched first cadaver transplants were identified in the UNOS Registry with 88% graft survival at 1 year. This result is comparable to that obtained from surveys that identified 224 recipients with 90% graft survival at 1 year. These results underscore the importance of sharing cadaver kidneys to achieve perfectly matched transplants. 4. Blood transfusions improved graft survival by 5% at 1 year. More than one-quarter of the first cadaver transplant recipients were nontransfused. 5. The first follow-up report after discharge of the transplant recipient was requested at 6 months by UNOS. This delay in reporting transplant outcome resulted in a serious lag between the time a transplant was performed and its availability for analysis. The UCLA Registry collects a report at 3 months and had more recent transplants available for analysis.